Readings on Community Development Innovation - MACDC - Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations

MACDC has a new project to promote learning and innovation in the field. As part of that, we have posted interesting readings on our web site for easy access by participants and members.

Using Social Innovations to Transform Community Systems

By John Cleveland, Peter Plastrik & Bill Shutkin
How to accelerate, increase, and spread impact of place-based innovation.

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The-Innovation-01-22-08.pdf

Balancing Act

By Dee Walsh and Robert Zdenek
Old definitions of community development may be obsolete as CDCs consider new ways to navigate today’s social and economic environment.

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Balancing-Act-.pdf

An Unfinished Agenda

By Elizabeth Julian
Why it's time for fair housing and community development to reunite to fight the vestiges of segregation.

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An-Unfinished-Agenda--.pdf

Beyond the Farm

By David Dangler
New trends in rural community development are making the work of rural CDCs more akin to that of their urban counterparts.

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Beyond-the-Far1.pdf

Have Community, Will Travel

By Shomon Shamsuddin
Ethnic-based community development corporations reflect the changing face of contemporary America.

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Have-Community.pdf

Book Review of Deep Economy

By Bob Van Meter
A Book Review of Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future, by Bill McKibben

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Book-Review.pdf

Net Gains Handbook

By Peter Plastrik & Madeleine Taylor
How nonprofits can use network-building strategies to increase their impact

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net_gains_handbook_version_11.pdf

Building Community in Place, by William Traynor

By William Traynor
A new approach for how CDCs can build communities

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Building-Community-in-Place--Traynor.pdf

As Prices Rise, Housing Groups Face the Need to Alter Tactics

January 7, 2007
As Prices Rise, Housing Groups Face the Need to Alter Tactics 
By JANNY SCOTT
The New York Times

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NY-Times-article.pdf